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The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

SGA Updates 9/11/2016

SGA Updates 9/11/2016

Caroline Alkire September 14, 2016

  President Sullivan addresses senators President Sullivan reported on Summer University at UVM; 5,400 students took summer classes this year.   He also praised the peer to peer program...

Advising program to expand by end of year

Advising program to expand by end of year

September 7, 2016

UVM’s peer mentor program has launched with plans to expand by the end of the academic year.It will cost $102,000 to implement the program for the 2016-2017 academic year, according to the official bill...

STEM Construction ‘on track’

Caroline Alkire May 4, 2016

A light winter has allowed construction on Central Campus to come out of the cold right on schedule. The STEM building’s predicted May 2017 completion date will stay the same, said Bob Vaughan, director...

SGA Senator Jake Guarino Allocates and Advocates for Students

Hannah Slitzky April 29, 2016

The University of Vermont has over 170 student-run clubs, and each of them needs some money to help them get off the ground. That's where SGA Sen. Jake Guarino, a junior, comes in. Guarino sits on the...

Course syllabi to be added

Course syllabi to be added

Caroline Alkire April 28, 2016

Students may be able to see course syllabi as early as next semester.   Unlike most other schools, UVM professors don’t have a deadline for releasing information about courses for the upcoming...

Senior Rachael Nutt (left), sophomore Addie Zinner and junior Ryan Gyukeri discuss their efforts to form an Art Club in Williams Hall March 23. They hope to offer the community a place for art creation, application, and conservation.  ERIN LUCY/The Vermont Cynic

Students propose new club for artists

Erin Lucey April 1, 2016

Absence can sometimes be intentional in art, like in the use of white space. Other times, it’s nothing more than missing content. Three students are attempting to fill a void in the University’s...

Listen to the student body

Listen to the student body

March 30, 2016

[media-credit name="ALYSSA HANDELMANN" align="alignnone" width="300"][/media-credit]A reading day has been added back to the final exam schedule after protests from students erupted in response to the...

Fall exam schedule is reorganized

Alexandra Shannon March 30, 2016

For the second time since December, the fall 2016 exam schedule has been changed. The new finals schedule will consist of a five-day exam period with one reading day that Wednesday, according to the...

SGA execs will have no opponents in elections

SGA execs will have no opponents in elections

Alexandra Shannon March 24, 2016

Current SGA President Jason Maulucci and Vice President Tyler Davis are the first pair of students to run unopposed on the same ticket for SGA elections since 1941.   Election packets were due...

Post course info online to better inform students for registration

March 23, 2016

On March 20, SGA leadership sent a letter to the administration advocating for course descriptions and syllabi to be made available online for all classes during registration.Professors are “expected”...

SGA Updates March 1

SGA Updates March 1

Alexandra Shannon March 20, 2016

Wheeli Co-founder gives presentation Jean-Pierre Adechi, co-founder of the app Wheeli, introduced the app to the SGA senate.  Wheeli is an app exclusively for college students that allows users to...

SGA executive elections begin

Alexandra Shannon March 20, 2016

The SGA elections for the next president and vice president are underway.   The process of running for executive positions in SGA began Feb. 29.   Election packets have been available...

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